India’s women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has climbed to the joint ninth spot in the latest ICC Women’s ODI rankings, while opener Smriti Mandhana has maintained her fourth position. The rankings were released in Dubai on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Kaur’s rise in the rankings comes after her crucial role in India’s six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the third ODI of their ICC Women’s Championship series in Ahmedabad. Despite slipping three slots after the first two matches, her unbeaten 59 off 63 balls propelled her back into the top 10.
Left-hander Mandhana, who won the player of the match award for her century in the same match, added 23 rating points to reach a tally of 728. This places her just five points behind Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu in the list led by England’s Natalie Sciver-Brunt with 760 rating points.
Other Indian players also made significant progress in the rankings. Wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia moved up from 48th to 45th after contributing 35 runs. For New Zealand, Brooke Halliday’s knock of 86 lifted her 12 spots to 24th position, while Georgia Plimmer’s 39 runs took her from 85th to 74th position.
In the bowling chart, seasoned spinner Deepti Sharma gained important rating points after helping India win the series 2-1. Sharma, who had already attained a career-high 687 rating points last week, added 16 more to reach 703 rating points. This solidifies her second place among bowlers, behind England’s left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, who enjoys a huge lead with 770 rating points.
India pacer Renuka Singh moved up four places to 32nd, while Saima Thakor (up 20 places to joint-77th) and Priya Mishra (up six places to 83rd) also progressed.
In the ICC Women’s Championship standings, India is placed third with 25 points, while New Zealand is sixth with 20 points from 21 matches. Australia and England are at the top with 28 points each, from 18 and 21 matches, respectively.
